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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2014 Feb 6;102(7):1363–1374. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.33115

TABLE I.

Surface Elemental Composition of Stainless Steel as Determined by XPS Survey Scan (atomic %)

Sample ID C N Si O Fe Cr Ni Zn Ti Ca Mo
316L SS 24.04 0.00 0.24 50.60 19.76 3.95 0.66 0.30 0.15 0.09 0.22
DC-TMS 53.14 0.00 23.02 23.84 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
DC-TMS + NH3/O2 21.36 2.86 18.78 55.19 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
RF-TMS 56.33 0.00 24.88 18.70 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
RF-TMS + NH3/O2 39.46 2.79 17.50 40.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00